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July 21st Current Affairs

1)Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of emergency ambulance service for Sri Lanka from New Delhi.The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna, Srilanka in the presence of Sri Lankan Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
2)Odisha will host the India’s first private sector triennial in December-January that will see the convergence of artists from the national and international scene.Named the Odisha Triennial of International Art , the events under it will take place in Bhubaneshwar, Puri and Konark.
3)To instill values and ethics to students through classes in schools and outside,Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh launched The Student Police Cadet (SPC) Programme nationally.
4)NABARD has launched a centre for accelerating concerted action on climate change by various stakeholders including government, private and financial sectors.The Centre for Climate Change has been set up in Lucknow.
5)The 7th Annual General Body Meeting of Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development (ITRHD), took place in New Delhi.
6)Facebook has confirmed it is working on a new satellite project, named Athena, that will provide broadband internet connections to rural and underserved areas. The company aims to launch satellite in early 2019. 
7)Scientists from International Union of Geological Science (IUGS) have classified as a new chapter in Earth’s history  the Meghalayan Age.The Meghalayan Age is a part of a longer period known as Holocene Age that spanned over 11,700 years.
8)Himachal Pradesh government has approved implementation of Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for procurement of apple. The price for this has been fixed at Rs 7.50 per kg.
9)The Uttar Pradesh police has decided to hire digital volunteers to control the issue of rumors and eliminate illegal activities.
10)Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said that, he has planned to make London, the world’s most walkable city in the world by launching ‘Walking Action Plan’.
11)NASA launched an online toolkit “Remote Sensing Toolkit” to help users analyze satellite data.

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